Crime Of The Century

As luck would have it, just two or three weeks ago I decided I needed to listen to the whole of Supertramp’s classic album “Breakfast in America,” because I never had. If that’s on the list, that’ll be a 4/5 debate when it comes up. But bad luck for this album, I think, because I was expecting another collection of non-stop bangers and this ain’t it. Just okay.

Downcast. Theatrical. Sincere. Prog is the lowest genre, it smothers music in musicianship. This is near the top of prog, for what it's worth. "The nicest of the damned", in the words of a band not on this list. The songs with the good melodies are also from the ridiculous singer.

Listened in the truck via Amazon music. Soundscape was awesome but songs were not. Highlights were the guitar and key sounds.

Wrong (wrong), you're bloody well wrong, you got a bloody right to say this was a PASS

Not a big fan of yacht prog.

There’s nothing that tries so hard and yet does so little as 70s prog

The album that saved Supertramp...a couple of strong singles but the album is a bit boring. It may have been seen as great in the early 1970s, but by 2025 it's just nostalgia. An annoying example of prog-light pop.

Everything that sucks about 70s music distilled into one album

Totally uninteresting, but not actively bad

Good musicianship but a bit too cheesy for my taste

PRE-LISTENING: I am very vaguely familiar with the music of Supertramp but cannot imagine that this truly is an album I need to listen to before I die. I don't recognize any of the song titles but we shall see if any of it sounds familiar... LISTENING: The opening track ("School") does not sound even remotely familiar. Wikipedia says it was released as a single and was kind of a hit, which is wild to me. Wikipedia calls Track 2 ("Bloody Well Right") their "breakthrough hit" and again it doesn't sound remotely familiar. I have MAYBE heard "Dreamer" before? (Or more likely, it just sounds like generic Supertramp to me.) POST-LISTEN: Absolutely not an album anyone NEEDS to listen to.

While the album is undeniably Supertramp, it is a a certain showing of their progression toward Breakfast in America. It sounds more like a refinement, a demo album, than a noteworthy album.

Really liked the opening track and the piano solo but the rest of the tracks not something id revist maybe bloody well right. However not a bad album just felt the other tracks were flat & I see the effort put into this album with the different melodies and drum patterns just it didnt do it for me.

É incrível como eles forçaram esse piano em todas as músicas e ele não se encaixa em nenhuma.

Some good vocal parts. Some nice instrumentals at times. Periods where not a lot seemed to happen, and songs on the longer side. Not a huge fan overall.

Of it's time not sure if they wanted to be a prog band or more pop. Some good songs on it even the ones that reminded me of genesis

Not memorable but fine. 2 stars

Perfectly cromulent radio psych rock but nothing stands out enough for me to be ranked any higher.

ruined by classic rock radio

This was a tedious listen. I have no idea how it made the list.

I listened to this while I was running and I don’t remember feeling anything (positive or negative) about it.

Nice, but nothing that really grabbed me and made me want to listen.

It’s okay. Kind of hokey 70’s dad band. Not totally my jam

Meh. Not for me.Bloody Well Right is the best song. Asylum is an interesting song. Musically they great musicians its just not my bag.

Good production and instruments, but boring songs.

I'm a fan of prog rock, some of my favourite bands are prog rock bands. However, I found this album slow and boring.

Very Tommy-esque (derogatory). Last song was a banger tho

4/10

It's really late as I'm listening to this so I'm honestly not expecting much. Gonna try to be as objective as possible despite the non ideal hour. Supertramp is a band I know of from their "Breakfast in America" album which came out a few years after this. Expecting something very 1970's. Hoping for some catchy tunes and an accessible experience. School Cinematic opening. Promises something dramatic. Seems to be building up to something in the first verse. Kinda proggy. A dynamic track with some complexity to it, has a lot of really distinct parts and passages that are characterized by entirely different compositions. None of the verses repeat a single melody and the tempo changes a lot throughout the track. Love the extended piano passage. Interesting track, though perhaps a bit too ambitious, feels a bit unfocused. Decent. 3.5/5 Bloody Well Right Jazzy opening. The keys create a groove all on their own. Has some edge to it with the heavy distortion on the guitars. The at times yachty vocals don't really do much for me. Theres a certain underlying blues feeling to the track, it seems to hide under layers of instrumentation. Feels like it's missing something, though I can't quite place what it is. Fine. 3/5 Hide In Your Shell Sleepy vibe from the keys. I don't love the vocals, they a bit underdeveloped. The instrumental is a bit too loud, especially the bass. Extremely 1970's. Comes across as cheesy and dated, and not in a charming way. A bit lame. Does not have enough going for it to justify being almost seven minutes long. The climax of the song just comes of as wailing and desperate with unconvincing backing vocals to go with it. Did not like. 2/5 Asylum The first verse reminds me of a melodramatic B-list musical. Terrible mixing. Very jarring drop in volume. The sound is very empty and hollow, the variations in volume does not help with this, genuinely just makes the song distracting. I don't like the vocals at all, feels like a raving madman on an especially bad bender trying to start a fight with the instrumental. Strongly dislike. 1.5/5 Dreamer Wow that's annoying. Sounds like a children's song at times. The keys in the background add nothing positive to the track. I can't see the intention behind this song, is it supposed to be inspiring? I feel like I'm being mocked by some irritating toddler. Strongly dislike. 1.5/5 Rudy The piano intro is pleasant. It's not entirely terrible. There are some pretty cool guitar riffs, and at points the vocals come through a few memorable melodic lines. The bassline is also pretty consistently good. Though the first half of the song meanders a lot, dragging you along through a boring journey. It starts picking up later on bringing a pretty dynamic conclusion to the whole ordeal with a more energetic climax before wrapping up with a decent enough conclusion. Suffers from the first half being stretched too thin. Average. 2.5/5 If Everyone Was Listening Fairly dramatic with a hint of theatricality in the performance. Suits the lyrics well. Love the flute. The violin also adds a nice dramatic effect. Decent. 3.5/5 Crime of the Century I don't buy it. Attempys to be dramatic, but it feels a bit manifactured. The guitar solo however is quite good. I enjoy the atmosphere set up by the dueling piano notes and the bass. Has the potential to grow on me. Is a pretty okay closer. Decent. 3.5/5 That was a bit mediocre if I'm being honest. Some songs sorta worked, but there was also plenty of unflattering melodramatic slop, which while not being directly out of ideas came off as goofy and lame. Some songs were overly long, slow and grating. Possessing unpleasant vocals and strange production choices that made them difficult to listen to. It's not entirely hopeless however, as many of the ideas present in the instrumentation were well executed. There's some good guitars, well paced piano passages and strongly implemented moments of flute and violin. The drums were also mostly fine, providing power and intensity to some tracks, but I feel like they sometimes were victims of some not great mixing where they sounded a bit hollow. The proggier more experimental tracks were probably the highlight on here, with a dynamic sound and some fresh ideas. Otherwise a lot of this album strays into yacht rock territory where the slow, calculated songs offer little of value. 2/5 Fave track. School Least fave track. Dreamer

I mean, fine. Another one that just didn’t really hit for me, but there’s nothing wrong with it. Some cool moments that made me think of Elton John or something, but probably not a band I’ll revisit. Asylum was my favourite track.

I'd never heard any pre-Breakfast in America (not on this list, shockingly) Supertramp, and you can see the roots of the irritating earworms in among the noodly prog. But all in all, no thanks.

Maybe this was amazing in it's time, but listening now it's like a mix of Elton John Piano and David Bowie. The only song that really stuck out was Dreamer, but that might be because it was in a movie?

Boring as hell

Not a fan of prog rock in general, but find it especially torturous when it gets theatrical and this album went there. It wasn't even that long of an album and I kept checking how much time was left only to learn I was on the 3rd song.

Honestly, it feels like if someone tried to redo 60s Who songs in a 70s prog style.

Not my thing

I really don’t care much for this record, but I do think ‘School’ is a cool way to kick it off.

Ok, but nothing outstanding or that memorable beside a couple of the hits. 5/10

Overall kinda meh. Had some good parts but it kept tricking me before switching it up. Not bad compared to most other albums so far though.

There must be a reason I didn’t have Supertramp in my music collection. Two songs are okayish - the rest didn’t age well.

4/7/25. Interesting but just okay. Doesn't stack up to the other progressive records of the era for me, but still a good listen.

formulewerk

Meh. It's ok. Not really something I'd reach for again.

Not my kinda jam

Good sound. One hit.

Well. This is certainly an album. With musical instruments such as guitar, piano and drums. And with lyrics. Which are sung. With a human voice. It glided right past me. Granted, my eyes glaze over as soon as I read the word "prog", but there's really nothing here that I found particularly interesting or memorable or noteworthy.

Hit and mostly miss yacht rock

Good weird, but no Goodbye Stranger

Neither here nor there. Some enjoyable tunes, but nothing memorable.

Steely Dan meets David Bowie or Yes in all the wrong ways. Not for me.

I feel like this is an album that can only be enjoyed in soft times. It's like, too whimsical to be enjoyed in 2025.

A nice sound, and some interesting structure, but nothing really popped for me, or made me say wow.

the songwriting is trite. meh.

These songs come off as so cheesy.

another MEH!

Some cool stuff going on here and there. Don’t have much of an opinion

Had never listened enough to to know they are progish. A couple of nice songs but not super

A melange of Pink Floyd, the Who, Elton John, and a pinch of saxophone. I only knew “Breakfast in America” and “Bloody Well Right” by this band before I listened to this album. I was pleasantly surprised, though I can’t imagine revisiting it.

Not great. Not terrible.

2/5

Average … pleasant enough but won’t listen again.

Bloody well right is a banger, and overall the album has all what you hear of super tramp, but besides bloody well right nothing really speaks to me. Just a solid rock album, but I'd rather listen to the other supertramp album =D

Meh.

This is so 70s. Every song is bigger than it needs to be. There’s nothing outstanding except for the tracks where they chose to sing like a Monty Python character for no reason. No thanks.

Supertramp isn’t my jam. It’s a decent album but their music has always felt cheesy to me. Just not a fan. Middle of the road on the tolerance scale.

Not terrible but not my thing

never been a fan of supertramp and listening to this don’t change my mind. i found this album tedious... the music is mostly boring and the singer’s voice is annoying.

I like Breakfast in America. I didn’t care for this one.

School is a classic song, rest pretty average...

goofy asl…..prog lite

ELO without the juice? (not saying much) i'm generally not one for the prog pop style unless the songwriting is super compelling & i just don't find that to be the case here. the consistent 5:30+ minute song length doesn't do this any favors either. appropriately synthy & spacey but there isn't much that sticks out past a couple vocal moments. excited for Brunch in Tanzania or whatever its called

Not a huge fan, felt like a he musical equivalent of twiddling your thumbs, it was just kinda boring

Without Dreamer and Bloody Well Right this album would rate even lower on my scale. I’m not even sure those songs are even that good but they have a strong nostalgia factor from the radio as a youth. They would have been old even then but were still on our limited options for rock radio stations. I’ll be happy to stumble along those two tracks in later years for the same reasons but I would not seek out anything more from this album or the album as a whole.

Saved 1 song to the playlist. Okay listen.

Not the best I’ve heard but ok

I only know Supertramp from the hits, so went into this with an open mind. The first two songs inspire much more headbanging than I expected before hitting play; lots of big, chunky power chords in lockstep with the rhythm section. Eventually – and after third track “Hide In Your Shell” (a loud, quiet, loud banger) has all but thrown away the best chorus of the album by adding a theremin – the Pink Floyd via the Monkees schtick collapses in on itself; a high budget piece of regional theatre backed by an eccentric patron (not far from the truth, of course…) or the Dorking Community Players staging The Nightman Cometh.

Classic rock that is not bad. I've heard it so many times in pop culture that it kind of blends in. It's sort of hard for me to remember listening to it because some of these songs are played somewhat regularly on a classic rock station that my coworkers listen to. I don't regret listening to the whole thing and it's not unpleasant just not memorable.

Sure it has some cool moments, but it veers strongly towards the flavor of prog I'm very much not interested in. Too poppy and bright, it just isn't doing it for me at this moment when I'm not in the mood for this kind of music. Also some parts of this album just feel like they are oddly quiet on streaming, it becomes jarring when it hits the longer songs and it suddenly goes quiet

Soft yellow shite

Er det en paodi på puddel rock? Det lyder ihvertfald for dumt til at være seriøst. - Dog ikke mulig at komme igennem.

Not terrible. I think it hasn't aged well, though, and now sounds like a band who didn't know what they wanted to be: pop, rock, prog. I mean I guess they knew at the time, that's just how it sounds 50 years later. There's so much great music around from 1974, but this isn't.

This was less interesting than I had thought it would be. Nothing really to say about it.

Didn’t really touch me

Epitome of one of those Chilled 70s Dinner Party playlists. Crime of the Century has some interesting moments but on the whole is pretty inoffensive. Its not a bad album per say... however it's not exactly a good one either.

Seuraavana päivänä en muista tästä enää mitään… se ei ole hyvä merkki. Tunnejälki on haalea, ”ihan ok”. Hieno albumin nimi kyllä, ja muistaakseni lähti ihan suht lupaavasti mutta ei noussut mitään hyvää koukkua.

Kiinnostavan sympaattista: bändi rokkaa kuin joukko hämyjä, jotka eivät jaksa kehitellä huilukuvioita. Vaikka biisit eivät olekaan loisteliaita, useammasta saa kiinni. Kokeile esim. viimeistä raitaa.

There is something so goofy about this. A fake rock band for a broadway musical about count from sesame street.

Not their best album - prefer Breakfast in America. Some nice sections but by the end of the album it seems like everyone has gone to bed and they have been told to turn the music down. Reminds me of going to the prog rock concerts with Larry - not always hits but we listened anyway.🙂

I like it slightly more than some other albums of this genre, but it’s still not my jam… 2 stars

Combining the worst of jazz and rock we aren't off to a good start with a prog album... Overall says nothing that Pink Floyd hadn't in the preceding decade. Bloody Well Right has moments of groove ruined by tenor sax noodling. Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson's love of the keyboard. Hide Your Shell is years behind Bowie, who was already looking past glam with Diamond Dogs. Listening to this you can literally hear John Lydon straining to rip it up and start again. Asylum is an over orchestrated ballad mitigated only by some wild vocals by Davies at the end. The album single Dreamer is the standout, with a catchy hook leaning into their London accents. Nonetheless the structure of the track betrays it, the lack of verses means it cannot claim its place as a successful straight pop song. Rudy has some great classic rock moments but ultimately repeats the mistakes of Bloody Well Right, occasionally sounding like Kenny G had wandered into the wrong studio before quickly exiting. If Everyone Was Listening and the Title track are pointless prog ballads. Like all prog most of the tracks are needlessly over 5 minutes with over-complicated structures and are in desperate need of a producer with a razor blade.

Kinda cheesy, kinda corny, kinda good at times. Not my fave

Very 70s

70s. Enough said.

It was a chore to get through. I just don't get it. One extra point for ”Rudy” and the piano part in ”Crime of the Century” that was sampled in Dance2Trance's ”Hello San Francisco”.

didn't impress me much.

Shit Pink Floyd. I like the outro to the last song, but it's a real slog.

Meh

Had a few good moments, but overall just didn't care for it. Was mostly waiting for it to finish.

It’s not exactly my cup of music

Lame

Well played and very good in parts, but ultimately I find the vocals completely devoid of soul and melody

If Breakfast In America is also on this list I swear to fucking god man. Still no Seger.

Wanted to like it more than I did

Very self indulgent, why do bands in the 70s need to include "listen to me play my instrument" parts on every song.

This is at best nothing. It doesn't rock hard enough for rock, and it's pop enough for pop.

Just too prog rock and Pink Floyd lite for my taste. I prefer their more commercial stuff.

My uncle used to be a bit of an audiophile back in the day. He had a fancy turntable and big speakers, and when we went round, he’d put records on to show off how good it sounded. This was one of those records. Technically fine, but lacking anything that grabbed me in any way. This is typically overblown 70s pop prog and I couldn’t tell you what any of the songs were about. I did like the ‘bloody well right’ bit and I think ‘Dreamer’ must have been a single.

I dont get it

the epitome of 70s organ rock. This is not good at all. It's not country music bad, so I'll give it 2 stars, but it's really annoying.

bored

Ok

This album reminds me in many ways of Talking Heads: I get that they're doing some original, weird stuff, but it's not the right type of weird for me. It gets points for creativity and musicianship, but I ultimately didn't enjoy listening to it very much. 2.4

It was fine, but I doubt I would have missed it.

ポップなロックと言う感じ。好みかと言うと、そうでもない。聴き流しにはいいかも。

Wrong album AGAIN

wanted more from this

Probably supposed to like them more based the production of their tunes, but unsure if I would give this another listen.

Yeah, no.

I was all excited to listen to a new album by a band whose hit songs I liked. But now I know the hits are the only good ones. Songs that are almost good get ruined by silly voice singing.

Not what I expected or like from Supertramp. Almost a knockoff Pink Floyd vibe.

The sound mixing of this album (or maybe it's just spotify) made it so quiet on all the vocals. This is ok, 2* Enjoyed: dreamer

I would have thought they had better albums.

Like a shittier, camper version of Pink Floyd's The Wall. Not for me.

Weird how this turned up after watching a video on tik tok about the artist. Some good moments but not my jam. 5/10

It was ok Not really my thing.

I could see this being someone's favorite prog record. I was just kind of bored by it.

Sort of disco rock

freaky ash album cover songs are kind of orthodox but not original and sometimes that’s good but super tramp sound like they’re trying to be like bands that already make this typa music it’s a below average album i love rudy tho

Ok so this album put me to sleep like legitimately I took a 40 min nap in the library The fact the songs are so LONG completely ruins anything good about them, because I feel like I’m listening to the same chorus over and over and I’m like guys I get it 😂😂 Like it’s not BAD but it lowkey gave Pink floyd vibes but if pink floyd was recreated by a bunch of emo 17 year olds I liked bloody well right cuz of the silly accent 2/5

Wish version of dark side of the moon, with a couple hits that still suffer the indulgent, unwarranted floyd influence.

Didn't really tickle my pickle

A little (very) confused as to why this is listed here and not Breakfast in America? This was fine, but not great.

Sadly not a fan of this one. A couple of nice moments including the closing track but they were few and far between. Not a fan of the singer's voice and wish it was proggier.

this is not the prog for me could i write poetry to this? n

It's okay-ish, I guess. Kind of sounds like they are a group of Wings wannabes... "Bland on the Run."

Color me surprised that Supertramp is considered progressive rock. After listening to "Crime of the Century," I guess I can agree in the sense that they're like Yes if Yes sucked like REO Speedwagon. I can't stand Roger Hodgson's voice and that Wurlitzer piano sound makes my skin crawl. Look, I'm not saying these guys are bad at their instruments, I'm saying their music sucks. Supertramp has one good song, and it's not in this album.

I just can’t connect with this type of music even though it’s pretty close to my interests. 2/5

Only crime here was listing this in place of breakfast in America

This wasn't bad, it was just kind of bland rock to me. Unlikely to return even though it might need a few more plays to click. 2.5/5

If you combined the worst elements of twee 70s pop (think Gilbert O'Sullivan) and 70s prog then you'd get something like this. I will grudgingly admit that Goodbye Stranger (not on this album) is a tuune but this is a worst of both worlds.

Not my cup of tea

better than expected, didnt like his voice tho

very bland

Jeez, long songs are long. I don’t mind them but not full albums of them. This was one of the lesser enjoyed albums I’ve had on this list so far, 40 albums in. It does sound more modern than it is but I really wanted it to be over much quicker than it was. And it was only 8 songs!

Accurate album title

If I'm going to be honest, I have disliked Supertramp since the 1970s when they were actually a thing. You can see why here. The two biggest hits off this album are a master's class in terrible pop music. Bloody Well Right might play for UK audiences but to an American it sounds campy at best, irritating at worst. Then there's Dreamer. The vocals sound like a child screaming - high pitched with a hint of whining. Unfortunately, this is not just a bad first album that the band would just as soon forget. Instead, it's the template for their followups.

Oh man, this one was a surprise and not in a good way. Really like Supertramp, especially their 'Breakfast in America ' album, but this was boring at best. A few songs I actually didn't like and was ready for them to be over. A few where some good jams with good musicality, but few and far between.

i wish i had more time to listen to this. i think there's something really good here, i just haven't found it yet.

Mid

Boomer Rock. Don't care.

Not sure that this blend of lower-level prog with 70s pop is really doing it for me. The first track, School and the final track were pretty decent, but the majority of songs didn’t hold my attention.

Meh!

I never realized how much I hate Supertramp. I mean, I always either begrudgingly tolerate their one or two songs on the radio, or switch the station, but this is the first time I've listened to an entire album of Supertramp, and... wow, no thanks. This is not prog-rock. This is repetitive, predictable, boring drivel with saxaphones and terrible backup singing. It's like they were trying to marry The Who, Elton John, and Pink Floyd and ended up with the worst high school band ever. The Who rocks. Elton John has incredible melody (and also rocks). The Floyd are creative and unpredictable. Supertramp is not any of that. And now I have goddamn Bloody Well Right stuck in my head.

Eh, it's ok. Feel like I should know lots of Supertramp songs, but I can't bring any to mind. Any I think are them turn out to be by ELO. That keyboard sound that's everywhere here just keeps making me want to listen to Mr Blue Sky. Not sure the first track ever turned into a song. I like the cover. I didn't even massively like Dreamer, apparently the big song here, through most of the record I couldn't help but try to recall a different song most of this was reminding me of. Ah I see, all the hits came on the follow up record in America. Not for me

this did not work for me i think i am not a supertramp guy. there were some fun moments but it was just not my world

Found this listen boring and forgettable

Muzikaal niet de misdaad van de eeuw, maar ook niet echt goed ofzo.

70s studio pop that forgot to bring hooks to the studio

Sounds like a mix of Pink Floyd and ELO. Okay I guess.

Ehhhhh weeeeel mah buh

Like a slightly less annoying version of the wall. Not a fan of the 70s rock opera esque albums that pop up on here. 2*

Slow groove fusion with rock. Some echos of Queen's rock-ballad influences. Nothing that was particularly memorable.

I thought I liked Supertramp. Clearly not because of this album.

If nothing else, a fairly interesting album

Definitely not something I’d normally listening to. Very weird.

For much of this listen I felt like the dude attached to the hands of the prison bars floating through space on the cover. I found myself either looking at the bar to see how long was left in the track or tapping back to the song list to see how many tracks were left, incarcerated by wanting to preserve the integrity of the 1001 experience. Outside of the two mainstream hits, other than annoyance not much else here.

It was kind of boring and sounded pretty samey. I did end up liking “Rudy” and “Dreamer” though.

2/5

Not one song I liked all the through. All over the place. Some tunes started to go somewhere and then abruptly went in another direction. Very very dull album. Dissapointed as I expected to like it more.

Sounds like chicken sex Didnt care much for

While there are some great guitar lines present on this LP, they’re swimming in a sea of 70s indulgence that’s a slog to get through. Copious layers of organ, unnecessarily long track lengths, and a wandering tonal center - it’s 70s alright, just not the good kind.

Nice to see Supertramp had more than the one album. I do prefer the one I own, Breakfast in America. This was not as alluring, but that could be due to less familiarity.

Prog rock is really boring to me and this wasn't any different.

If this is what the 70s sounded like and I'm glad I didn't have to live through that mess. 4/10

It was ok

Meh. Too proggy.

Not for me. Entirely forgettable.

Not my thing.

There’s some pleasant piano on this, but the whole thing is just too overblown for my taste. I’m sure that if I were 10 years older stuff like Supertramp might be exactly my thing. There are hints of stuff I like - that piano and there are little snatches of actual prog sounds. And then the sax starts or it all gets a bit too soft rock bollocks. Not offensive as such, just a bit boring.

Too slow

Just Okay. Not a fan of piano-driven groups. Basic, but fine.

Not really my jam.

Boring and generic

I found this boring

Not as good as other albums from the same era, could be better

Why is this here instead of Breakfast in America? It's not SO bad but it's not really good either.

The only crime of the century was having to slog through this. While I can appreciate the production and ideas, I felt I was listening more to a new musical only because “Jesus Christ Superstar” was sold out. This was as if ELO and Moody Blues had a kid but deep down probably wished Meatloaf was the father. Clearly an example of all the concept albums happening at the time. I was always a much bigger fan of their later stuff like “The Logical Song”, or “It’s Raining Again” or even “Give a Little Bit” (which oddly enough was covered nicely by the Goo Goo Dolls).

What type of rock are we progressing towards with this? Truly a tough listen, and I’m a little upset this likely poisoned my algorithm.

I dig it but a little too progressive for my tastes. Def interesting.

Totally fine and average. Not really prog enough or rock enough for my liking. Deserving of a half star based on Crime of the Century track that I enjoyed. 2.5/5

Listened to this album 4 times, I remember nothing 🤣🤣😂😂😭😭😭 I don't know, kinda feels like the whole thing was a super long intro.

Jätti fiiliksen että taitelijat kurkottaa tähtiä taivaalta, mutta etäisyys riittää juuri alimpaan ilmakehään. Kerta riitti.

Alku oli hyvä, mut sit keskinkertaistui ja keskittyminen kuunteluun katosi

Was ok. Recognised some songs. Others were a bit meh.

Bloody well right to give this a 2. Not enough tempo.

Just not my thing

as soon as I finished the album, spotify auto-played breakfast in america, reminding me of how much better supertramp can be than this album

Otroligt spretigt. Queen fast utan bra röst och med vidrig saxofon i tid och otid.

Too cheesy and typical of the time. I like Breakfast In America better.

Nothing special

Supertramps sämsta album.

This list has too much white people music.

Supertramp is not my cup o tea

I liked asylum. that was it. 2

There was only one decent tune on this album and it’s their most popular one too! The rest wasn’t worth listening to.

Rating: 5/10 Mixed bag album. It starts off very strong with the first two tracks and then falls off after that. The first two tracks are interesting and fun to listen to whereas the rest of the album is very meandering and boring musically, the exact opposite of what progressive music should be. Every track after the first two is very forgettable musically, I won't be returning to this album. The production, mixing, and dynamics were excellent throughout and what makes this album listenable. Favorite songs: School, Bloody Well Right. Worst songs: Hide In Your Shell, If Everyone Was Listening.

This wasn't terrible, but it was largely forgettable. I listened to this yesterday and can't recall at all what it sounded like. I remember not hating it, but that's it.

Great keyboard. Harmonica and sax were a tad corny for me, though.

Had it in the background as I worked and didn't really "hear" much of it. Probably wouldn't listen to it again but didn't actively dislike it.

Also Pink Floyd

Meh.

It was boring, but I didn't completely hate it. I just wish the challenge had been Breakfast in America instead of this. Oh well.

Crime of the Century is the third album by the English progressive rock band Supertramp. Critically acclaimed, this is Supertramp's commercial breakthrough album since it charted incredibly well around the world. This art rock / progressive rock album is certified diamond in Canada, platinum in France & New Zealand, and gold in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, the UK & the US. This is a great rock album from the mid-70's and was a much needed success for the band. It reminds me of Queen, but without the over-produced song structures. Any fan of progressive rock should enjoy this album.

sounds like some Pink Floyd shit but with harmonica

uck!

Mostly forgettable except dreamer. Crime of the Century is an epic end but nothing id want to revisit again.

Nääh, ei lähtenyt

I was not a fan of Star Wars type galactic rock. 7/10

Not really my jam

I really like some of Supertramp's songs, but as for their albums? Good songs are too far apart. 50 years later on, Supertramp is best experience through compilations.

I was stoked for this one because I love Breakfast in America, but I’ve never listened to any other Supertramp. Big disappointment. Most of this sounds like bad Pink Floyd and I’ve never really liked Pink Floyd. Mostly dull, but the high spots are Bloody Well Right, Dreamer, and Crime of the Century, especially the stings and sax that come in at the end of the last one. I’ll also give them some credit because Just Blaze took a piano riff from Crime and made the Fabolous track Breathe, which is a better song than anything on here. Overall, I was so down on this I had to go back and listen to Breakfast in America again to make sure I wasn’t misremembering how much I liked that one. Much better album.

I'm hoping to understand the appeal of Supertramp some day.

Not really my thing

Det är ju inte Breakfast in America.

I just don't really think Supertramp is for me. I don't particularly enjoy the keyboard/piano sounds and playing style within the context of the album, and its constant use undermines the bits of the album that I do enjoy. The lyrics are witty and whimsical, but constantly. I feel that those two elements should've been used with more moderation. Notable Tracks: Asylum Crime of the Century

It’s ok

Not really into this style of music

Just some easy listening, would probably have on in the background while at a barbecue. Don’t really care to listen to it any other time though.

We deserve better, don't we?

Not terribly far off from being decently enjoyable. Just not my thing.

I'm sorry, but being a "break through" album shouldn't be enough to warrant a spot on this list. When you compare this to their album "Breakfast In America", this album is a bargain bin submission. A couple of good songs in "Bloody Well Right", and "Dreamer" aren't enough to overcome the fact that this album is this band's award teenage phase.

This started off well. But I can't stand the lead singer's whiny voice. The album also took a turn from a spacy/proggy sound to more of a theatrical sound which I didn't appreciate.

Decent but gets a bit samey after a while 2.5

Breakfast in America is still the quintessential Supertramp album. While listening to this, I finally looked it up and realized the band had two vocalists. I honestly thought there was one guy with an incredibly diverse voice. There were some weird noises in the last 17 seconds of 'Hide In Your Shell' and I thought something was wrong with my car. Best parts of the album were the ending of 'Asylum' and parts of 'Rudy'. Some solid instrumental bits, some other instrumental bits that went on way too long. Worst track was 'Dreamer'. It's a distinct mix of soft rock and prog. It all blends well, but almost too well that some of it sounds the same. Again, Breakfast in America just has such a solid run of tracks that were huge singles (and rightfully so) that it makes this one look weaker in comparison.

Now look. This album is OK. But it's not essential. Nothing by Supertaramp is essential. Unless you're puzzled by all the fuss about "Breakfast In America" and I doubt if you are. Once every three or four years, when I go through my iPod alphabetically, I'll listen to Crime Of The Century. It's OK. It's not a waste of time. That's as far as I'm going.

Listened Before? N Pretty good 70's prog album. I'm only familiar with Bloody Well Right. I haven't been a fan of that song, ever. The rest of it was alright too but nothing to write home about. Maybe I just need to get high on 70s ditch weed or something? Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Dreamer

um i have no fucking clue cause i decided to listen to this after walking 10 miles on a dirt footpath in torrential rain. i have no recollection of sleeping for 3 hours or this album at all.

3 good songs - the rest are bad. trying too hard to sound big. Too much going on, over the top and ultimately forgettable.

There are a few Supertramp songs I really like, but none of them are on this album, and I found this quite bland. Apparently I only like prog rock when it's more jazz-influenced? I'm learning things about myself here, so that's valuable. The Pink Floyd influenced sounds do nothing for me, since I'm not a big Pink Floyd fan to begin with, and it feels derivative. The 70s rock on this list seems to stretch on and on into bland infinity ... will I ever get through it? Not my thing. 2/5 because I don't like it but I can't muster up the energy to hate it either.

This album is a stinker. And now I have “Dreamer” stuck in my head for the rest of the day so great.

Walks a fine line between interesting and annoying and doesn’t always keep its balance

all of this sounds really close to a song you know really well, but is never actually that song.

FIGHT MILK

Nothing great.

Wegens het imago en de status van de band luister je er toch met extra belangstelling naar, maar eigenlijk doet het me toch maar weinig.

Didn't like this one. Not objectively terrible or anything, I just don't like Supertramp. 👎 for this one

I had no idea Supertramp we’re so middle of the road. For some reason I thought they were ‘edgier’. It’s all ok. Not stunning but ok.

Not my kind of music

there’s something bittersweet about this sound but there’s also something shitty about it

Kringe of the Century

This album had a lot of aspects that I liked, but was never able to pull them together into a single song that I would choose to listen to again. Asylum was probably the closest, but there was still something about it that just had me wanting it to be over. The piano was good, guitar was decent at times, and I enjoyed some of the ethereal extended jams, but never enough to be sad when they were over.

I do sense the artistry and it is well performed but I dislike this album. Everything is so washed out with reverb it sounds like mush to me. While I was listening to it I had an itch to listen to Elton John for some reason.

A little too clever, a little too knowing. But when it comes down to it, this is just dull music. It's hardly rock 'n' roll, is it? There's some half decent melodies in here like Hide In Your Shell. But it's not enough to bring me back. Dreamer is a great song btw.

sits in a strange middle ground between the prog punk of the stranglers and more straight 70s rock. Not terrible but not great either. Best tracks: school, bloody well right, asylum

ugh. pretentious British drivel. bloody well right is especially annoying. idk.

The is album combines a lot of genres I like — jazz rock, prog, funk — but I don’t know, I didn’t quite buy it. The songs change tone pretty drastically and the changes often feel forced. Maybe multiple listens will reveal how these structures are actually brilliant and a perfect fit for each song? I’m not convinced. “Bloody Well Right” is a good example of this. It sound like a mash-up of Chicago, Pink Floyd and Steely Dan. But it’s not as good as any of those bands and I’m not persuaded that they needed to be put together like this. “If Everyone Was Listening” almost worked for me. This album cover is pretty bad but I did look at Supertramp’s other album covers and they have some gems. This is the only bad one.

Was expecting to like it more than I did.

I struggled with this one. Got 4 songs in and turned it off. I just don't like Supertramp.

Kind of a boring album I have to say. The singles are good the rest is forgettable... disappointed!

not my favourite. some good songs though! probably a 2.7

Not a classic. 4/10.

I am not a fan of the harmonica. It grates on my ears, so this record does not start out well for me. The opening School is a bit pedestrian despite my fondness for 70s critiques of formal education as a means of socialization. The lyrics would've benefited from dropping some Paulo Freire or early Michel Foucault references. I'm not a fan of that keyboard / piano in the track either. Centering on the piano helps me understand what one of my main issues with this record seems to be. I'm not into the instrumentation in a lot of the songs. The keys and horns here distract me. Bloody Well Right. Sure. Okay. By the end of this record I was thinking this is much more Pink Floyd influenced than I had known Supertramp to be. TIL, I guess.

it wasnt bad, nor good 2.5/5 run of the mill, kinda funky in the start but was a bit boring towards the end

I recognize the melody in the first song. No idea where from. It's VERY 70s. Lots of wasted time. Then right in the middle, the singer sounds like the bad lip reading guy from Star Wars. I recognize this came out pre memes. But I couldn't help but laugh. This isn't good.

I went in expecting I’d like this one, but it left zero impression on me. It wasn’t bad but I don’t remember it at all and I listened twice

Supertramp was one of those bands that had some amazing hits, but the rest of their catalog isn't worth listening to.

Nothing incredibly special. Some songs are well put together, but some seem like they don’t really have a purpose and act as long fillers with background instrumentals.

Supertramp is one of those bands that you had to be there when the album was released and you had to be into the band in order to appreciate the whole album. And the whole "reminiscent of the times thing." Supertramp wasn't one of my favorite bands back then but I did appreciate what they did. The two hits dreamer and bloody well right got a lot of radio playing and are the two standouts on the album in my opinion. I would much prefer their greatest hits collection.

ummmm. ok. im an adventurous sort. I have no memory of this album though

Not feeling this exactly. Sometimes sounds like a musical, but not a good one. Moments of fun, but a hard listen.

Dreamers. Great tune. They have better songs. 2.5

Underwhelming

Didn’t get into it.

School - Let's be honest, another brick in the wall did this better Notes keep getting deleted Favourite tracks: bloody well right, asylum Rudy- just a bit dull If everyone was listening - wow what an original metaphor /s Crime of the century- outro is fine l guess This is a blah album 2/5

Supertramp is a great band, so I was super excited for this record. I've listened to breakfast in america and really liked that album but its full of major hits, whereas this one is full of unknowns for me. Although some of these are good this sounds like a band looking for its sound. They found it later but not on this album. 3/10

Never liked Supertramp but this has some charm to it. It sounds very of its time - all the 70s prog hallmarks but also has some great vocal melodies.

Not. My. Bag.

Not worth my time

Doesn't do much for me. Dreamer is catchy but none of the other songs really pull me in. The mixture of prog and pop is worthy of recognition but their later album Breakfast in America is better in almost every way.

DNF

bleh

Too prog-y for me. Fluctuated between melodramatic and boring.

Had this suggestion been *Breakfast In America*, which is obviously part of Dimery's list with its string of timeless hits, I might have considered including this particular record in my own list of 1001 albums to listen to. But here, in the case of *Crime Of The Century*, and apart from "Dreamer" in it, there are no timeless hits to speak of. Good records can't only be build on them, admittedly, otherwise they would be "best of" albums... But the snag for *Crime Of the Century* is that more than half of the cuts in it are not particularly compelling: their overall production and a lot of the instrumentation and arrangements have aged poorly, to be honest, leaving a somewhat bland taste on the tongue. Besides, other reference points to describe this record are always detrimental to it. Supertramp are sort of prog rock, but they can't instill a truly evocative and ambient atmosphere the way Pink Floyd did. Or they can't play with time shifts and rock out like Yes, for instance. Plus, they're kinda soft-rock, but there are none of the melodic twists and turns or off-kilter chord changes that made Steely Dan the somewhat enigmatic band they were. There are a few lively moments in this tracklisting (apart for "Dreamer", mostly the end sections of "School", "Rudy" and the title track). But those peaks can't make up for the overall snorefest plains running all the way to the horizon elsewhere. At times, listening to this album feels like being that guy locked behind interdimensional bars on its cover. You think something interesting or exciting might be about to start. But it very rarely does, actually. And so you're stuck in limbo. That doesn't make this album the *musical* "crime of the century", I'll grant you that. But that doesn't make it a mandatory listen either. The only thing that can save Supertramp is when their songwriting is direct enough to mark your memory--which was the case for the four hits of *Breakfast In America*, plus a few other cuts in it, making it a more consequential album. At least they managed to leave their imprint on pop culture thanks to their singles, which very few acts can do, at least to this extent. By the way, and on this subject precisely, there's also "The Very Best Of Supertramp" available out there. Listen to it first, *and then*, if you're really digging it, see for yourself if the rest is right up your alley... Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 876 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 67 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 30 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 28 (including this one)

terribly boring album for me. I don't understand this kind of music and I don't understand who might like it. Sterile, pompous.

Die Songs kommen alle ausnahmslos nicht in die Gänge. Langweilig, aber gut arrangiert und produziert.

Strange old music was ok an odd mix of rock and and pop. Already knew dreamer because I think it was sampled in a rave song. Wouldn't get out of bed for it.

This whole album is a crime

Just not my cup of tea.

This is not particularly gripping. I'm pretty busy at work today, so maybe not giving it the attention it deserves, but it's quite formulaic I think. Nothing really stood out to me, once the album was over I went back and listened to the most played songs to see if I'd missed something. If I had, it didn't reveal itself to me on a second listen.

Come with me, my gentle friends, on a mystical voyage to a long-desolate land where I have no map, where one flinches at the fauna and flora (usually dragons soaring imperially through a purple sky and Moroccan hashish respectively), and where your dad informs you that the wandering minstrels starving in this once-verdant wasteland could properly play their instruments: welcome to the land of soft prog. Soft prog is the term I'm defining as distinct from hard prog. The differences are obvious. Hard prog bands are the ones who pushed prog to the sonic and lyrical extremes of nonsense (your Genesises, Yesses and ELPs), whereas your soft prog bands stayed closer to the standard of the 70s rock band, only stepping partially into the realm of sonic and lyrical nonsense. Supertramp are firmly in the latter category, here producing an album of 8 long songs with shared themes of loneliness and madness, rather than suites in three movements transcribing the Tibetan Book of the Dead, which they would not have actually read. Mind, Crime of the Century does aspire to the grandiosity of, say, Dark Side of the Moon or The Lamb Lies Down in Broadway, declaring solemnly that it's dealing with very serious themes. So it's Hegelianistically pretentious. Now, pretentiousness is not necessarily a failing in my book; I love plenty of bpost-punk bands who claimed inspiration from Wittgenstein and Dada. But I have never found the pretentiousness of prog bands to appeal; it's not much of a brag to say you've read Tolkien, a children's author. But never mind; the theme of isolation is not diminished simply because it's a common theme. But on my second listen today, a glaring, sizeable problem emerged: I couldn't tell any of the songs apart. It was as if all the songs sought to reflect the Platonic Supertramp song: 7 minutes long, histrionic bridges and a lyrical conceit that suggests a band swimming into currents they can't navigate safely (curiously, that also serves as the Platonic Tears for Fears song). Anyway, this homogenity made me conclude that Supertramp only had a smattering of smattering ideas for this album, and just continually recycled the fuckers. I can't say this album is a disaster; I think one or two of my mates would explain to me for 45 minutes precisely why this is a masterpiece, and this morn I was happy to be generous and give this 3. But that second listen just discouraged me. Having a tortured emotion may be an everyday currency in popular music, but I don't see the benefit of announcing your sadness so flamboyantly. I'm sure the cover inspired the cover to a Fighting Fantasy book. I just checked, and I think I'm right: no. 32, Slaves of the Abyss. That's not one of the sci-fi Fighting Fantasy books, though. Trick missed, methinks.

Not great, but not the worst thing ever. Occasionally entertaining but more often a reminder of why prog rock can seem inaccessible and snobby

maybe just didn't feel like it. Have always thought the singers voice odd

Luulin pitkään että tän bändin nimi on Supertrap! — johtuen varmasti kannen kaltereista. Odotukset tän levyn kohdalla ei oo korkeet. Oon törmännyt tähän levyyn vinyylikeräilyni alkuajoista asti nimenomaan niissä 1-5€ -laareissa. Tää on tällänen peribrittiläinen poppiproge. Jotenki puuttuu syvyyttä, eikä sit ehkä poppiudessaankaan aivan riitä. Vähän tylsä. Ihan hyvin kaahaillaan wurlizerilla hetkittäin, mikä lämmittää aina sydäntä. Levyn nimikkobiisi oli kaikkein tykein kipale! 2/5

Tämmönen poppis proge on kyl melkein viimeinen asia, mitä nykyään kuuntelisin. Ajan hammas tehnyt tehtävänsä. Mut ei tää ikävä kokemus ollut, sympaattisen 70-lukulaista.

Played it through a few times and it didn't grip me. Seemed a bit ponderous. However, I like Steely Dan, so I probably owe it a few more plays though. Sounded nice and 70s, but I also felt disengaged from the music and the lyrics. Also, why does every song need a piano ballad section?

I like how it started and how it ended, but everything in the middle was pretty average.

Good recording quality, at least? Not sure I'd ever listen to this again.

2/5 didn't do much

Pleasant but not my cup of tea

not for me